'Fight for Nigeria’s survival' - Obasanjo Urges Youths!
The former President at the 100th-year anniversary of
Ijero Baptist Church in Lagos on Sunday.
Obasanjo said the generation before him fought for
Nigeria’s independence while his generation fought
for Nigeria’s unity during the civil war.
He said the subsequent generation also fought for
democracy.
Obasanjo, therefore, said it was time for the next
generation to make its own contribution to national
development instead of complaining.
"Recently, a son of my friend looked at
everything around him and got angry and went
to meet his dad who is my age mate. He told
his father that our generation is a lost one. The
father did not pay him any attention so he came
to meet me.
"He told me what he told his father and
justified it by telling me that he went to the
university and graduated but got no job. So,
our generation has failed him. So I told him
that it is normal because that was how we used
to blame the generation before us.
"But I told him that the generation before mine
was the one that fought for our independence.
Whichever way we want to criticise them, they
gave us independence. Then my generation
which you say is not good, fought the civil
war. We fought for the unity of Nigeria and if
we did not do so, you probably would need a
visa to travel to Kano or Port Harcourt. Not
only that but that generation also established
the foundation of democracy.
"So what do you claim your generation has
achieved? It is part of it. We have seen what
successive leaders of each generation have
done, what can we say about you? What can
we say about your generation?"
Obasanjo, who noted that he attended the Ijero
Baptist Church for the first time in 1946, said that the
fact that the church was still standing after 100 years
was worth celebrating.
The minister in charge, Rev. Olayemi Aderibigbe,
who also inaugurated the Ijero Baptist Church History
Book, urged youths to continue to build on the good
which the church had done over the years so as to be
able to give a lasting legacy to the next generation
Ijero Baptist Church in Lagos on Sunday.
Obasanjo said the generation before him fought for
Nigeria’s independence while his generation fought
for Nigeria’s unity during the civil war.
He said the subsequent generation also fought for
democracy.
Obasanjo, therefore, said it was time for the next
generation to make its own contribution to national
development instead of complaining.
"Recently, a son of my friend looked at
everything around him and got angry and went
to meet his dad who is my age mate. He told
his father that our generation is a lost one. The
father did not pay him any attention so he came
to meet me.
"He told me what he told his father and
justified it by telling me that he went to the
university and graduated but got no job. So,
our generation has failed him. So I told him
that it is normal because that was how we used
to blame the generation before us.
"But I told him that the generation before mine
was the one that fought for our independence.
Whichever way we want to criticise them, they
gave us independence. Then my generation
which you say is not good, fought the civil
war. We fought for the unity of Nigeria and if
we did not do so, you probably would need a
visa to travel to Kano or Port Harcourt. Not
only that but that generation also established
the foundation of democracy.
"So what do you claim your generation has
achieved? It is part of it. We have seen what
successive leaders of each generation have
done, what can we say about you? What can
we say about your generation?"
Obasanjo, who noted that he attended the Ijero
Baptist Church for the first time in 1946, said that the
fact that the church was still standing after 100 years
was worth celebrating.
The minister in charge, Rev. Olayemi Aderibigbe,
who also inaugurated the Ijero Baptist Church History
Book, urged youths to continue to build on the good
which the church had done over the years so as to be
able to give a lasting legacy to the next generation
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